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I was a smoker of 30+ years. I smoked a pack a day and, for a few
years, I smoked two packs a day. Almost two and a half years ago, I
tried an e-cigarette and I stopped smoking and started vaping. Millions
of smokers try to quit every year and fail. They try patches and gum and
drugs, but none of it works effectively. Electronic cigarettes,
however, have been exceedingly effective in smoking cessation. I don’t
think it’s a bad thing to regulate e-cigs and I’m not keen on kids
getting into vaping because of the candy-flavored juices, but that’s no
reason to let a small group of puritanical zealots smash the one
industry that smokers can count on to quit into little bits. After all,
you don’t use a sledge hammer to put in a thumb tack. If anything, the
e-cig industry has been looking for regulation, but you have to understand vaping is NOT smoking. You can’t just apply the same laws that are applied to cigarettes.

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I know, right. Seems insane, but it's true. It's been coming for some time now, but recent life events have moved up the time table, so I'm somewhat caught starting over again and being relieved that I've moved on. First of all, there's almost nothing wrong with WordPress. It's a fine platform and I've dedicated many years to knowing it inside and out (as much as any non-developer can, of course). I'm just done with it's unnecessary complexity and... lack of certain things.

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Granted, I'm not entirely in love with the first season of Amazon's highly anticipated Clarkson, Hammond, and May vehicle (that's a pun), The Grand Tour, but it needs to breathe (that's a wine reference) somewhat before it starts to shine.

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Went online and hung out near John Wayne. Within five minutes my phone started buzzing. I accepted the ride and was surprised to discover that I was being directed to the North side of the airport. I picked up my fare at a private building, likely a jet charter. It turns out that the destination was in Beverly Hills, 45 miles North. I asked her if the temperature was acceptable and offered her a charger for her phone. She had an iPhone, and I hadn't picked up a thunderbolt cable yet. She had her own, which I connected, and she thanked me. The rest of the trip was silent.